PERBANDINGAN SISTEM POLITIK-PEMERINTAHAN VIETNAM DAN INDONESIA DI AWAL PANDEMI COVID-19 Penulis: I Made Aldi Wijaya Saputra (2012521034), Gede Bagus Parama Artha (2012521037), Rachel Ainaya Wilton Sweeney (2012521062), I Made Krishnadyana Putra (2012521070) Program Studi Hubungan Internasional, Universitas Udayana ABSTRACT This journal discusses the comparison of the political system between Vietnam and Indonesia in their efforts to deal with the spread of the COVID-19 virus outbreak in 2020. The purpose of this journal is to compare and find out how these two countries with different governmental systems deal with COVID-19 problems in their respective countries. In this journal, we find that Vietnam, whose government system is centralized (one command) is more agile and comprehensive in responding to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, while Indonesia, whose government system is decentralized, tends to experience confusion in information and unclear policies that has an impact on the slow response related to handling the COVID-19 virus in their country. This is because, Vietnam which has a government system that is under one command and is also authoritarian, has been able to minimize the occurrence of "misinformation" and failure of coordination between the authorities in the country. In contrast to Indonesia, which adheres to a system of vertical distribution of power (Central Government and Regional Government), this political system has caused Indonesia to often experience unclear information and policies, as well as poor coordination between the central government and regional governments, and thus causes Indonesia tend to slow in determining its policies in the midst of the spread of the COVID-19 virus which is getting faster day by day. Keyword: COVID-19, centralistic, decentralized, Indonesia, Vietnam 1. PENDAHULUAN Dalam era dunia yang berubah-ubah dalam beberapa dekade terakhir ini, sistem kepemerintahan adalah salah satu hal yang penting untuk dicermati karena sistem kepemerintahan pada jaman sekarang memiliki dampak yang besar terhadap hidup kita. Contohnya, berakhirnya Perang Dingin yang ditandai dengan runtuhnya Tembok Berlin (Berlin Wall) pada tahun 1989 menyebabkan terbentuknya sebuah era baru yaitu era demokratisasi. Dengan adanya era yang demokratis, banyak orang dapat menikmati hidup secara ‘bebas’ dan sekarang demokrasi telah menjadi aspek penting bagi sistem kepemerintahan di